Cason’s Fine Meats

I come to this place often. The quality of meats is great! The cooked ribs are heaven! The best though is the customer service that is provided here. I come here simply for each person who works here generally cares about their customers. Last year I spent 6 months caring for my elderly grandma in Washington state. She was deep in the woods and one time I brought back with me ox tails from this store. She loved them. When I came back to Portland in a few weeks I stopped and got all the ox tails, simply to put a smile on my sweet grandmas face. The butcher asked how I cooked them. When I explained they were for my grandma and how I was living with her he was touched. Every time I come in I am asked about my grandma. Just recently I was able to tell him she was in heaven with the angels and his condolences came truly from his heart!!! I will always shop at this market!!! Best service and respect for their customers!!!

Wonderful nice people. Small store with your basic meats and smoked meats along with ribs hot links and chicken smoked and ready to eat. We have always been greeted with a smile and helpful service. It is a real pleasure spending our money here.

I called with some questions last week, very friendly, courteous and answered my questions promptly. I came into the store today, was immediately given a friendly greeting and a lot of smiles. I wanted one of their meat packs and I didn’t have to order ahead. Excellent selection of meat, fresh, very clean store, and they even carried my box to the car for me. This will now be my regular stop for all my Meats.

Love these guys. I have always been greeted with a smile. Great meat selection.

Lately I have been into recipes that call for Pork Belly. These guys were awesome enough to order me in what I wanted.

From Cali to Portland: the guys are Great business owners and the meat is super fresh, natural with no hormones. Get your Quality meat from Here. The BBQ is tasty as well. I had the hot links with their BBQ sauce and it was delicious.

The customer service is amazing!
Ox tails aplenty. Now I know where to get soup bones. They’ve got lots. I’ve had people at Gartner’s look at me like they’ve never had people ask for soup bones before and then asked in a confused manner, «well how much do you want?».
They’ve got smoked everything. I will never go back to Eidlewiess for hammocks. Their level of rudeness is audacious, I’ve been there many times.

In this humble but thoroughly clean butcher, you will find Portland’s hidden Gem. Great and friendly staff with prices you would expect at a country meat store. Top meats from Carlton Farms and Oregon Natural Meats gives a selection that is usually reserved for top restaurants. The ribeye is absolutely delicious and the store cut pepper bacon is sublime. Can’t wait till we return

I knew this was going to be a good experience when I walked up to the store and was immediately greeted by the smell of smoked meat. They do lots of their own smoking on site and have a pretty great selection of smoked products. The prices are also incredibly reasonable– I got a great deal on some beef bones for stock. For $ 2.99 you get over 2# of really big, marrow filled bones. Their meat case is gorgeous– everything looks really fresh and there’s a great variety. The shop also smells good, & not just because of the aforementioned onsite smoking. It lacks that acrid smell of blood that you get in so many butcher shops, which tells me that the place is clean and the meat is fresh.
Customer service here is also really excellent. The guy who served me greeted me like we were old friends. He was very personable and super helpful. I will definitely be going back here.

I really like this place, and when my EBT money comes in this month, I plan to go back. This was my first time there. It is OLD SCHOOL. They have a drink fridge, a few odds and ends of grocery items and a table full of toys (oddly enough).
The space is large, and it seems like they really could use more of it and perhaps use it better. The gentlemen here were super nice. The smell of the meats smoking outside is intoxicating and what drew me in as I exited the library and couldnt resist the smell. I’m not sure if that smoked meat was in the case or what. I should have asked, duh.
I couldnt leave empty-​handed so I bought a pound of pepper bacon ($ 5.89/lb) that looks deliscious — cant wait to try it. I suspect if I tried some smoked meat, I might have made this a 4 star review. Or maybe if they cleaned up a bit in back (not unclean, just floors needing a lot of work). So some minor improvements (or smoked meat) might easily raise this to a 4 — I’ll let you know next time!

Officially, this is the most down to earth butcher shop in Portland.
It gives me that feel I had as a kid going on grocery runs with grandma.
Keep in mind, this isn’t gonna be a New Seasons display.
If you’re planning a meal, call ahead the day before. Don’t throw a hissy fit, as I did, when you arrive during posted hours, and they are closed. The beauty of small business. Someone call Fred Armisen.
The thing I buy at Cason’s is their pre-​seasoned ribs. Easy, delicious, well cleaned.
Right now I’m perfecting the pork steaks (adjacent to the ribs in their display).
Choose to go on a Friday during the farmer’s market, just across the intersection.

Stumbled across this place yesterday and stopped in to check it out.
I ended up buying a rack of spareribs — very good price, and the ribs were trimmed and ready for the grill. I’m a sucker for Carlton pork, and these guys treated it with the respect that it deserves.
The meats are displayed well, and the variety is just what you want.
I will be back — and I’ll be sure to tell my mates about this place!
Thanks guys!

I am stoked to have found another friendly, affordable, and local meat shop in PDX!
It’s easy to get really good quality meat in PDX, but especially near the city center the prices are so high you’ll have to give your own arm and leg just to get one from a cow!
Although they’ve only been around since 2011, Cason’s has their butcher shop & BBQ chops down to a science, giving the perfect combination of fresh, expertly cut meat (much of which is relatively local), along with low prices.
I went there looking for pork baby back ribs for a big dinner. Although disappointed they had run out (it was 6pm on a Friday, so I wasn’t surprised there was a run on ribs for weekend grilling), they still had plenty of pork spare ribs, so I got 2 full racks (only ~$ 2.70/lb!; ended up being just over $ 20 total) that ended up easily feeding 7 people.
The friendly employee also advised me on how to cook them to perfection. Looking online there were dozens of different ways people recommended involving all kinds of marinades, mop sauces, rubs, etc, but by following his simplistic instructions the ribs turned out to be a huge success; thick, juicy, flavorful, moist, and nicely marbled ribs. MMMMmmmmMmmmm!!!
I think they stack up to the famous Gartner’s Meat Market in just about every way except for selection. They carry pretty much all of the standard cuts of beef & pork (ribs, steaks, ground meat, etc) and chicken, however definitely call ahead to check availability if there’s a specific cut you need to have. I hope to see this shop grow in popularity and volume, which will enable them to carry an even wider selection in the future.
Others have raved about their prepared meats, and from blocks away I could smell the sumptuous aroma of a variety of slow-​smoking amino acid complexes on their outdoor grill indicating they were right. Although it smelled amazing I was on a mission to get only raw meat, so I wasn’t able to try any, but next time I need pre-​cooked BBQ for a fast meal I’ll definitely stop in!
The only real con to note is that they’re closed on Sundays, so if you didn’t plan ahead and need to buy meat then, you’ll have to go somewhere else.
Bonuses:
— They have a good selection of spices and sauces to make this the only stop you’ll need for grilling.
— Every Friday (3−7pm, June-​September) during the summer they have the Kenton Farmer’s Market just across the street, making it easy to get just about any food-​stuffs you need for the next week.
— Plenty of parking on the street
— Although it’s WAY up in the NoPo Kenton district, it is quickly accessible from I-​5 and Interstate Avenue (as always, Interstate traffic can get gnarly during rush hour so plan accordingly)

I love this place. Theotis and his crew are friendly and helpful. The meat is great, every time I go there I find myself asking why it’s been so long.

The owners are super friendly, and the selection is great. The prices, for the quality of the meats, are unbelievable! I just made enchilladas with some ground beef I got there, and you could taste the freshness. I highly recommend this market. Next time, I’m going to skip the cooking and get some of their prepared foods… I think the ribs are where I’ll start.

These are really great people. Great shop, superior food. Freshly sliced smoked bacon. BBQ rib half racks fresh all day, freaking everything else. Just, buy something that you know how to cook correctly, and jus
t try it. You’ll be back.

MEAT. DELICIOUS MEAT. their product alone deserves 5 stars YET you also get:
–Helpful and nice staff with a lot of experience! (No high school kids working their summer job… these guys know what they are talking about…)
–Diverse Selection…(I know where I am going to get my ham hocks this fall for soup)
–A community building business… every time I go into this place there a lot of diversity of who shops here… in a community trying to grow yet hang on to its history this place really fits in and helps connect everyone.
–BACON.delicious, how ever thick/​thin you want it.
–The smell of their smoker is a gift to the whole neighborhood. ridiculously amazing.
–LOCAL MEAT… With the prices you might not realize that these guys care about their product and part of that is getting meat from Oregon Farmers.
There really is not much to love about this place.

Ever since we moved to the Kenton area a little over a year ago, my wife and I bemoaned the fact that the butcher shop that was there was no more. Yes there is the world renowned one down the road a ways on Killingsworth, but nothing close. Then an artist had the space for a few months, and then nothing. Then we started to notice the metamorphosis from a dead butcher shop (pun intended) to a live market.
Their choices are local, and high quality. Their prices are more than reasonable (prime rib 5.99/# for beef eaters). And their homemade sausage awesome! Smoked meats on sight too. Lets just say that having them open gives N. Portland a new and excellent choice for their meats.
Why only 4 stars you ask, simply because i would love to see some more variety of sausages and dogs (currently 3) as their business grows. Perhaps one day enough to challenge the OTHER shop down the road.

Great place to get some local meats, cut off just the way you describe. Every chef’s dream. The people who work their are super nice as well.
Theotis is great for conversation. And OMG the ribs. They are amazing. He BBQ’s ribs every day and they are spectacular.

Hallelujah.
I no longer have to leave the Peninsula for reasonably priced local meat. Carlton Farms and Oregon Natural Meats («reduce your carbon hoofprint!»)
Cleaner than clean and Theotis was super friendly and knowledgeable.
Those ribs smell ridiculously good.
Tell your friends.